Reserve-gasoline valve



Aug. 4, 1925.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFHQE..

BENJAMI F. HORST, OF ORRVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR` TO THE WILL-BUR-T COMPANY,

OF ORRVILLE, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO. i

RESERVE-GASOLINE VALVE.

Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial No. 707,876.

To all whom t may ooacem:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Hons/r, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing at Orrville, in the county of `Wayne and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reserve-Gasoline Valves, ot which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to reserve gasoline valves for connection with the usual gasoline tank of an internal combustion engine, and

` the objects of the improvement are to pro the top or' said tube,

vide a valve connected to the gasoline supply tank, and so constructed that a reserve supply of gasoline may be permitted to remain in the tank, this reserve supply'being made available by operating the valve to permit the reserve supply of gasoline to be conveyed to the carburetor.

rlhe above and other objects may be attained by providinga valve comprising a casing attached to the under side of the gasoline supply tank and having two substantially parallel passages, one ot which communicates with the bottom of the tank and the other with a vertical tube extending` a predetermined distance into the tank, both of said passages communicating with a single passage to the carburetor, a valve being provided which normally closes the passage communicating with the bottom of the tank and leaves the other passage normally open, said valve being arranged to be operated after the gasoline has reached the level of whereby the reserve supply ot gasoline will be ted through the passage communicating with the bottom of the tank.

The drawing is a vertical, sectional view through the improved valve, and a portion of the gasoline tank.

Similar numerals rei'er to similar parts throughout the drawing.

A portion of the lower part of a gasoline tank is shown at 1 and the housing of the improved valve is indicated at 2 and connected to the bottom of the tank in any usual man-ner.

A pair of parallel passages 3 and 4 are provided in the valve casing. A tube 5 com municates With the upperv end of the passage 3 and extends any desired distance into the tank, the height of this tube determining the amount of the reserve supply of gasoline desired.

Thepassage l terminates at an intermediate point in the valve casing, the lower' end of said' passage communicating with the passage 3 by the reduced passage 6, A gasoline feed line 7 leading to the carburetor,

communicates with the lower end of the pas-` sage 3.

A needle valve 8 is located through a stuffing box 9 in one side of the valve cas.- lng and provided with the threaded portion 10 engaging the internal screw threads 11 in the valve casing, a reduced neck portion 12 being normally located across the passage 3, the enlarged conical head 13 normally closing the transverse passage 6, cutting` off communication between the passage 4 and the feed tube 7.

The needle valve may be provided with the elongated shank 141, provided at its outer end with an eye 15 engaged by the eye 1.6 oit' an angularly disposed, operating rod 17 which may be extended through the instrument board and provided with an operating handle 18.

In the normal position, the needle valve 8 is turned to close the port 6, cutting oii communication between the passage 4: and the gasoline feed pipe. The passage 3 is always open, owing to the reduced neck 12 of the needle valve, the gasoline feeding trom the tank down through the tube 5 and pas` sage 8 to the gasoline feed pipe 7.

lhen the level of the gasoline reaches the top oi' the tube 5, it will be seen that no more gasoline will feed to the carburetor. This is a warning to the driver that he has only the reserve supply of gasoline left in his tank.

By turning the operating rod 17, the

needle valve is withdrawn from engagement with the port G, permitting the reserve supply ot gasoline to feed from the bottom of the tank through the passage l and ports 6 to the lower end of the passage 3 and thence to the gasoline feed tube 7.

1 claim 1. 1n combination with a gasoline tank, a valve including a casing connected to the under side of the tank and provided with a passage, a tube communicating with the upper end ot the passage and extending upward lnto the tank, a Jfeed pipe connected to the lower end of the passage, a second passage in the casing communicating with the tank at its upper end, the lower end oi said second passage communicating with an intermediate portion of the first `passage, a threaded needle valve for norinallyolosing the second passage and a rotatable operating rod connected to the needle valve by a universal joint.

2. In combinationl with a gasoline tank, a valve includinga easing connected to the under side ofthe tank and provided with a passage, a tube communicating with the upper end of the passage and extending upward into the tank, a feed pipe eonneeted to the lower end of the passage, a second passage in the easing communicating with the tank at its upper end, the lower end of said `second passage communicating with an intern'iediate portion of the first passage, a threaded needle valve provided with a reduced neck portion normally located in the first passage, and an `enlarged headrnormally closing the second passage and a rotatable operating;A rod connected to the needle valve by a universal joint. Y

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

BENJAMIN F. HORST. 

